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madam secretary if you lead, secretary panetta, and then general dempsey. thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, senator lugar. after both of your opening comments, i think you have made the case book eloquently and persuasively for anyone who is willing to look at the facts. i am well aware that this treaty does have opposition, ltd. but nevertheless, quite vociferous, and that is unfortunate, because the opposition based in all ideology and mythology, not in fact evidence order the consequences of our continuing failure to exceed to the treaty. you hear from secretary panetta, general dempsey, and myself, the reinforcements of the very strong points that both of you have made. we believe that it is imperative to act now. no country is better served by this convention than the united states. as the world's foremost maritime power, we benefit from the conventions favorable freedom of navigation provisions, as a country with the world second-longest coastline, we benefit from the provision of offshore natural resources, is a country with an excepti
madam secretary if you lead, secretary panetta, and then general dempsey. thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, senator lugar. after both of your opening comments, i think you have made the case book eloquently and persuasively for anyone who is willing to look at the facts. i am well aware that this treaty does have opposition, ltd. but nevertheless, quite vociferous, and that is unfortunate, because the opposition based in all ideology and mythology, not in fact evidence...
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chairman to secretary of defense panetta with 16 colleagues, raising this issue. and i'd like to have been a part of the record you >> without objection. >> i appreciate that. >> well, imagine my surprise when i found that russia is not only selling russians to hugo chavez in venezuela and to the mullahs in tehran, but also that we have a contract with the department of defense do so a set of tears, the 21 tool used on my 17 helicopters for the afghan military from multiple in exporter. this is a no-bid contract awarded by the army just last summer, several months after this hearing appraising began and it is worth $375 million. that is 375 million u.s. tax year dollars going to russian arms arming president assad, with which he is killing innocent syrians. it does not require a leap of logic to conclude the proceeds of this contractor helping finance these mass atrocities. i should also note that syria has a history of not actually paying for those weapons according to press reports during the 2000 visit by assad to russia and then president vladimir putin rode o
chairman to secretary of defense panetta with 16 colleagues, raising this issue. and i'd like to have been a part of the record you >> without objection. >> i appreciate that. >> well, imagine my surprise when i found that russia is not only selling russians to hugo chavez in venezuela and to the mullahs in tehran, but also that we have a contract with the department of defense do so a set of tears, the 21 tool used on my 17 helicopters for the afghan military from multiple in...
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. - secretary leon panetta stated we could bring home our combat troops as early as 2015 and this is his quote from it to the latter part of 2013 we will be able to make a transition from a combat ralf period to a training advice and assist world. can you update me on where we are on that? i interpreted at the time when he said that the death he was moving in that direction but i haven't heard anything else. maybe you can start on where we are because i think there are a growing number of americans who asked the question why are we in these villages and basically policing villages when we've been there for ten years, why aren't the afghans doing that, and it just seems to me that secretary panetta pits and on the head when he says we need to move out of that combat role and do everything we can to have them taking the lead, moving forward to bear the major part of the responsibility, and i hope that's what we are pushing for and i also hope the chicago summit when folks come together that they listen to the kind of issues and maybe reconsider the date they have but please go ahead. >
. - secretary leon panetta stated we could bring home our combat troops as early as 2015 and this is his quote from it to the latter part of 2013 we will be able to make a transition from a combat ralf period to a training advice and assist world. can you update me on where we are on that? i interpreted at the time when he said that the death he was moving in that direction but i haven't heard anything else. maybe you can start on where we are because i think there are a growing number of...
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. >> defense secretary leon panetta reiterated thursday that the syria government would face serious consequences using weapons of mass destruction against rebels. remarks came in a briefing with the secretary discussing the fact that automatic spending cuts have on veterans if no agreement is reached on the so-called fiscal cliff. this is 30 minutes. >> thank you, tommy. first, let me thank secretary panetta for his unwaiverring support, both for those of us in va, and the men and women who wear and have worn the uniforms of the nation. our close partnership, this meeting that we have today, on their behalf, has never been more important than it is today. entering the holiday season, i thank the men and women who spend these holidays away from their families, defending our nation, we're all very grateful for their service and sacrifice. as leon and iñhr discussed very little of what we do here in va originates here. most of what we work on originates in dod, and that's why achieving our priorities at va requires this close and collaborative working relationship. we have more work t
. >> defense secretary leon panetta reiterated thursday that the syria government would face serious consequences using weapons of mass destruction against rebels. remarks came in a briefing with the secretary discussing the fact that automatic spending cuts have on veterans if no agreement is reached on the so-called fiscal cliff. this is 30 minutes. >> thank you, tommy. first, let me thank secretary panetta for his unwaiverring support, both for those of us in va, and the men and...
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we were fortunate to have leon panetta last week make a very widely broadcasted speech on the subject of cybersecurity and cyberwarfare. accordingly, the subject matter has been in news. he outlined his deep concerns about computer networks that support our military, infrastructure and business networks. mr. leon panetta elaborated on many things and that includes the high-profile attacks, including the alleged russian denial of service attack entering into georgia, the disruptions in estonia and the iranian nuclear centrifuges. there are dozens of thwarted attacks on other infrastructure occurring on an almost daily basis. the sector of devastating utility concern all of us. and it presents legal issues we should be aware of as we advise our clients. we have four highly qualified speakers here today who are going to discuss these issues. starting with elizabeth preston, who is the managing partner at the national canadian law firm. for the past 26 years, she has worked in emergency response, national security, and counterterrorism. either as an executive or in-house counsel and now o
we were fortunate to have leon panetta last week make a very widely broadcasted speech on the subject of cybersecurity and cyberwarfare. accordingly, the subject matter has been in news. he outlined his deep concerns about computer networks that support our military, infrastructure and business networks. mr. leon panetta elaborated on many things and that includes the high-profile attacks, including the alleged russian denial of service attack entering into georgia, the disruptions in estonia...
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islamic my guess is in chicago there is going to be the push to try to do what secretary panetta was talking about. i think many of our partners in france you're going to go talk to them but i think they just see this that we've waited too long in terms of having enough can lead. i heard from the europeans talking about this for eight years. they taught that this should be afghan let, security should be have can lead and they're getting very impatient. i know you all can't make a commitment publicly and say this is what we are going to discuss the meeting in chicago because that would be the headline but i hope that there is very serious discussion about this transition and how quickly we can do it and held we need sure this is an afghan led a security operation. sorry to run over, madame chair. >> thank you very much, senator udall. in the interest of time because we have another panel, i think we should go ahead and move on unless senator udall were senator lee is leaving so unless you have further questions i am going to move on to the second panel. >> i'm ready for the second pan
islamic my guess is in chicago there is going to be the push to try to do what secretary panetta was talking about. i think many of our partners in france you're going to go talk to them but i think they just see this that we've waited too long in terms of having enough can lead. i heard from the europeans talking about this for eight years. they taught that this should be afghan let, security should be have can lead and they're getting very impatient. i know you all can't make a commitment...
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what is your viewpoint. >> guest: i listen to president obama and secretary clinton and secretary panetta. >> host: as far as iran's desire for talks about their program, should that continue while their program continues as snell. >> guest: we're about to begin some talks. they're indicated they wanted to talk again. we have increasingly been frustrated but the indication of talks leads to not talking. we have what is called the e-3 plus 3. effectively managed by our european friends with us being part of it. >> host: what is that? i'm sorry. >> guest: three u. yap eu countries and led by ash continue, the foreign policy head of the eu, and we're a party but, once again, we're not leading these conversations but we're certainly there. and what's important is we've made it clear iran they have two things to do, and things will get better. first is hey have the to set their international obligations. they have to live inside their grandmas like the nonproliferation treaty and make sure the anymore region and around the world that are increase leg worried about the military aspects to their
what is your viewpoint. >> guest: i listen to president obama and secretary clinton and secretary panetta. >> host: as far as iran's desire for talks about their program, should that continue while their program continues as snell. >> guest: we're about to begin some talks. they're indicated they wanted to talk again. we have increasingly been frustrated but the indication of talks leads to not talking. we have what is called the e-3 plus 3. effectively managed by our european...
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one of the assets that he has leon panetta has butchery of defense. pineda, some of us may remember, was the chairman of the budget committee in the house of representatives when he was a representative from california. when president clinton came to office, pineda was appointed head of the office of management and budget. pineda understands budgets. and he more than anyone else during the clinton years was one who projected in protest of the idea of a balanced budget which is what happened at the very end of the 20th century. whether it be obama or romney the same set of problems recast for political advantage, the winner is going to face the same political environment the president obama faces right now. meaning essentially the same kind of economic realities that he will have to work with is obama is working in right now. budget cuts, in other words, could end up determining the shape and the look of america's defense policy. in other words, you would like to have it backwards. he would like to have the perfect policy conceived by experts and there
one of the assets that he has leon panetta has butchery of defense. pineda, some of us may remember, was the chairman of the budget committee in the house of representatives when he was a representative from california. when president clinton came to office, pineda was appointed head of the office of management and budget. pineda understands budgets. and he more than anyone else during the clinton years was one who projected in protest of the idea of a balanced budget which is what happened at...
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secretary panetta recently outlined how he viewed the future joint force. he called for low-cost, lean, technologically advanced agile responsive innovative efficient and effective forces able to address a variety of challenges and adversaries. as i read those characteristics i'm struck at how accurately they describe your special operations forces and what we bring to our nations arsenal. special operations forces have a tremendous impact on our nation's security and never more so than during the last 10 years of war. since 9/11 are forces have doubled in size now at 66,000. our budget has tripled in the number of deployed has quadrupled to meet emerging demands however even with that growth are $10.4 billion budget still comprises of only 1.7% of the total department of defense budget. simply put, it remains relevant, and high demand and offers an unparalleled unparalleled return on the nation's best. is reevaluate the days rapidly evolving landscape it's clear that demand for special operations capabilities will remain high. our focus is on winning the c
secretary panetta recently outlined how he viewed the future joint force. he called for low-cost, lean, technologically advanced agile responsive innovative efficient and effective forces able to address a variety of challenges and adversaries. as i read those characteristics i'm struck at how accurately they describe your special operations forces and what we bring to our nations arsenal. special operations forces have a tremendous impact on our nation's security and never more so than during...
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that strategy was completed under mike and secretary panetta in the fall so i think that $490 billion is based on a look at strategic things rather than just doing it as a math problem so when you ask me how much i think the defense budget should be cut, for the next fiscal year, my argument first would be its already been cut substantially and the question is then to the president and the congress, what do you want to stop doing? it's not just a math problem. >> thank you secretary gates. built braun, let me turn to you. we have got about 10 or 12 more minutes so i think we have time for everybody to ask a question. bill. >> at think i would like to get back to the question of the congress itself. you both have mentioned these issues. everyone of us who have served in the congress, everyone of us can tell you countless numbers of members that we respect, their honor and integrity and their patriotism. their willingness to work across party lines and they think they are trying to do that today. i just want to ask, this is such an obvious issue. what does a member say to you when you h
that strategy was completed under mike and secretary panetta in the fall so i think that $490 billion is based on a look at strategic things rather than just doing it as a math problem so when you ask me how much i think the defense budget should be cut, for the next fiscal year, my argument first would be its already been cut substantially and the question is then to the president and the congress, what do you want to stop doing? it's not just a math problem. >> thank you secretary...
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counterintelligence agency now the secretary of defense a great californian and a good friend, leon panetta to come and there was a mission very carefully and very well carry out. .. it has a way to go. thrust of this is to be able to have come a if you will, the kind of central command from which orders can flow and try rds be adjusted quickly, and i think we are on our way to that. we are in the process right now of doing an intelligence authorization bill, and that will be marked up in the intelligence committee tomorrow afternoon. part of this bill will address what has become in -- a particularly egregious situation and that is -- it's a very difficult area, because people ask you a question. there can be a statement made, totally inadvertently, reporters like the gentleman who is going to question me in a few minutes, have developed a unique skill of piecing things together. [laughter] so they get one little bit in one place and then they go to two to three, or four or five additional places and they managed to put together a whole story. the problem with this is that it jeopardizes a
counterintelligence agency now the secretary of defense a great californian and a good friend, leon panetta to come and there was a mission very carefully and very well carry out. .. it has a way to go. thrust of this is to be able to have come a if you will, the kind of central command from which orders can flow and try rds be adjusted quickly, and i think we are on our way to that. we are in the process right now of doing an intelligence authorization bill, and that will be marked up in the...
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you've told us in response to senator mccain's question, general dempsey, secretary panetta, director muller, cyberattack is the main area of vulner ibilty we have today. shame on us if we look at this as business regulation. this is homeland security. and we have got to get together before too long and make this happen. i want to come to the particular difference between the two bills. there are two critical things that have to be done here, in my opinion. there are many important things. one is an information sharing authorization section. the other is protection of most critical cyberinfrastructure, which is owned by the private sector, 90% of it financed, transportation, electricity, water, all of which is vul neverab neverabneve vulnerable attack by enemy. both bills have information sharing. the bill that senator colins and i have introduced as this provision for the department of homeland security to work with the private sector to require the most critical covered infrastructure, not every business, to take certain actions, to defend their network to defend our country. genera
you've told us in response to senator mccain's question, general dempsey, secretary panetta, director muller, cyberattack is the main area of vulner ibilty we have today. shame on us if we look at this as business regulation. this is homeland security. and we have got to get together before too long and make this happen. i want to come to the particular difference between the two bills. there are two critical things that have to be done here, in my opinion. there are many important things. one...
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dod and secretary panetta has made it a priority. they understand the impact this has on national security to drive our industry down and basically build up foreign competitors to the point that we are no longer able to provide the best quality products here in the united states, and therefore, it makes it harder for our defense and our intelligence community to get access. i will urge members to support this. >> gentleman withdraws the amendment. >> i will hold off because i think mr. -- i think he would like to make a comment. >> i withdraw. >> it has been with john. >> mr. chairman, that's. >> the chairman is recognized. >> we depend on the expertise of a satellite to mutations in the street to give our intelligence professionals the most innovative technology available for better, faster and cheaper solutions to protect our national security. one of our country's military and intelligence dominance, one of the reasons is that effective partnership we have between business sector and the government. because of current export contr
dod and secretary panetta has made it a priority. they understand the impact this has on national security to drive our industry down and basically build up foreign competitors to the point that we are no longer able to provide the best quality products here in the united states, and therefore, it makes it harder for our defense and our intelligence community to get access. i will urge members to support this. >> gentleman withdraws the amendment. >> i will hold off because i think...
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both secretaries of defense bob gates and leon panetta and chairs of the joint chiefs mike mullen and now marty dempsey have really been advocates for the idea that diplomacy and development could help prevent conflicts and rebuild shattered societies that would, in turn, lighten the load on our military. and so together, we are making sure our soldiers, diplomats, and development experts are working more closely together, are listening to each other, are contributing to being part of an all-hands-on-deck, whole-of-government approach. and we're also trying to make sure we get our bureaucracies in washington trying to do the same. by next january, when i will have traveled, i guess, a million miles or more, i will look back on this period as one that has been a great privilege and honor to serve. but i will also know that we have a lot of work to do. and when i came into this office, i knew that we were going to have to confront a lot of difficult problems. i'll just quickly mention a few. one, iran's nuclear activities. how were we going to confront what was a clear threat? how could
both secretaries of defense bob gates and leon panetta and chairs of the joint chiefs mike mullen and now marty dempsey have really been advocates for the idea that diplomacy and development could help prevent conflicts and rebuild shattered societies that would, in turn, lighten the load on our military. and so together, we are making sure our soldiers, diplomats, and development experts are working more closely together, are listening to each other, are contributing to being part of an...
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more specific on the issue at hand on gentry six, essentially one way watching what obama and leon panetta and dempsey said on january 6th is no more. we are not going to make that mistake again. we are going to wind goes down and spend a dividend building of another part of the world against a chinese threat which at this moment militarily is hypothetical and which perhaps building up would make and encourage the chinese to respond in the same way with an arms race. what scares me as someone who has analyzed the defense budget for 20, 25 years is that a lot of the things we buy that or most wasteful for the war we actually fight only makes sense with a high-tech enemy and the soviet union in the cold war stealth fighter jets, nuclear attack submarines etc.. they made no sense for people that live off the land that are non-state and operate or anything like that. they are useless. and we use those war despite the investment and all the wrong things. these are the profits of the military industry, and we know that they haven't liked what congress and the president has been handing them in t
more specific on the issue at hand on gentry six, essentially one way watching what obama and leon panetta and dempsey said on january 6th is no more. we are not going to make that mistake again. we are going to wind goes down and spend a dividend building of another part of the world against a chinese threat which at this moment militarily is hypothetical and which perhaps building up would make and encourage the chinese to respond in the same way with an arms race. what scares me as someone...
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. >> leon panetta says there is a line. when he says that, what do you interpret that to be? what is the red light like? >> i know professionally inside his head, i think that they are -- i agree that it's very difficult to draw a red line here with the lack of knowledge you have, inside knowledge. so in my mind right now i think what the administration is saying is that if there is any kind of evidence that there is weaponization going on, any external signature to that effect or if the iaea inspectors are thrown out and not allowed to return, that those are steps that are over and could be used as redlines. whether that is that they are going to use or not, i don't know. but those could be steps you could actually see and draw a line against. >> this is not something i no agree to a battle, but correct me if i'm wrong. is one iran seems to be moving towards something about the situation where they don't have a nuclear weapon, but they could build one in very short order? >> you have a fuel cycle that takes you to an enrichment at tbd. an enrichment activity gets cut off at
. >> leon panetta says there is a line. when he says that, what do you interpret that to be? what is the red light like? >> i know professionally inside his head, i think that they are -- i agree that it's very difficult to draw a red line here with the lack of knowledge you have, inside knowledge. so in my mind right now i think what the administration is saying is that if there is any kind of evidence that there is weaponization going on, any external signature to that effect or...
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let me state secretary panetta believes having a strong language of these critical to national security and we are committed to fill in the capable source connected to our ability to communicate with local populations and partners. our current challenge lies in the language. we've been reducing it but we need help, we need to develop skills with which we can to recruit studies show expos are to foreign-language greatly facilitates language therefore the individuals with free language to make it easy to train people to hire. this would make it easy for us to fill positions with qualified individuals. we are working to overcome these three cooperative interagency strategies to achieve our vision for language. cornyn and sustention language skills, enhance careers, building partners and increasing the capacity. through standardized capabilities based process these visa anÍbal the combatant commanders to articulate the language needs to supply the staff to meet those needs. we've often sought innovative solutions to enhance the language acquisition senate process ease which include creatin
let me state secretary panetta believes having a strong language of these critical to national security and we are committed to fill in the capable source connected to our ability to communicate with local populations and partners. our current challenge lies in the language. we've been reducing it but we need help, we need to develop skills with which we can to recruit studies show expos are to foreign-language greatly facilitates language therefore the individuals with free language to make it...
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we are very closely partnering with the department of veterans affairs and rich secretary panetta, getting ready for the meetings, naturally. but the issue is that we are seeing transition as a career long activity. what that illuminates is that you can credentialed people. you can get a welding certificate that is portable across the united states if you are a welder. truck drivers, electricians, communications resource. the tougher ones are tankers and infantrymen. we are working with them to transition over time. and not just at the end of their career. >> today we have a veteran that attended georgetown and the university of oxford. costs for oxford or one 10th of georgetown. would you ask american private universities to provide best affordable education in comparison to overseas education >> well, first of all, you have to be a pretty smart son of of it, don't you? [laughter] [laughter] i think the educational benefits that have come online, well, there is a five minute warning. i didn't notice that. the educational benefits are very important. the new g.i. bill, it does provide a gr
we are very closely partnering with the department of veterans affairs and rich secretary panetta, getting ready for the meetings, naturally. but the issue is that we are seeing transition as a career long activity. what that illuminates is that you can credentialed people. you can get a welding certificate that is portable across the united states if you are a welder. truck drivers, electricians, communications resource. the tougher ones are tankers and infantrymen. we are working with them to...